Improved spring-bed bottom



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Leners Parent No. 107,348, dmc member 13, 1870.

IMPROVED SPRING-'BED BOTTOM.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe'same.

To all whom it may concern vBe it known that I, ALEXANDER HAMILTON FA'r-ZLNGER, of the city, county, and State of N ew York, have invented a newand improved Spring-Bed Bottom; and 1 do hereby declare that thelfollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference heilig had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters ofreference marked' thereon making a part of this specification..

-The object of this. inventionV is to obtain a spring- .bed bottom ofsimple and economical construction, which will be capable of beingreadily repaired by any one of ordinary ability, without the aid of amechanic, as for instance, in case of the breaking ot a slat, and onewhich will possess the necessary degree of elasticity, so as to conformto the movements of the person reposing thereong,

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a plan or top view ot' myinvention.

Figure 2, a longitudinal section of a portion ot' the same, taken in theline a: fig. 1.

Figure 3, a transverse section of'a portion of the same, taken in theline y y, ig. 1.

Figure 4,21. detached perspective 'view of a collar pertaining to thesame.

Figure 5, a longitudinal central section of fig.' 5, ,vithone end of asla-t adjusted therein.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents .the head and foot-rails, and

B, the side rails of a bedstead.

lhese parts, being of ordinary construction, do not require any specialdescription.

To the inner surfaces of the head and foot rails A there are secured, byscrews a', cast-metal hooks c, shown more particularly in fig. 2.

These hooks have a iiat form, or have sutcient breadth, so that theywill not cut or chaf'e India-rubber rings or loops b, which are placedon or over them, to sustain the slats c of the bed-bottom.

The slats c are made of wood, (spruce would probably be the preferablematerial,) and they may be of any suitable width and thickness.

'lhese slats are connected to the hooks ain the following manner:

0n the ends of the slats are fitted cast-metal colpurpose set forth.v

lars d, and these collars are cast with projections e at their lowersides, each projection having a hook,f, at its outer end, turningdownward, as shown clearly vin lig. 4.

The collars have each a hole made through them, near `their rear ends,through which holes screws g pass, to secure the collars on the slats,(see iig. 5.)

The India-rubber rings or loops b are fitted ou or over the hooks f, asshown clearly in Iig. 2.'

Each slat c has eyes or staples h drivcninto it, one at each side. Theseeyes orstaples are near the ends of the slats, and are for the purposeof receivinghooks i, which connect the several slats together, as shownclearly in-g. 1. A

The advantages attending this construction are as follows': p v

By having the ends of the slats inserted in collars d, the former may bereadily secured to the bedstead and removed therefrom, and it is notnecessary to. bc very particular as regards the precise length ot' alslat, as the collars admit of quite a material difference in the lengthof the former; for instance, the Slat' may extend entirely through itscollars, or only part way vthrough it; so long as the screws g passthrough it,

(the slat,) it is sufiicient.

The hook-and-eye connection for the slats admits of an individual slatbeing removed, without disturbing the others. This is a very greatconvenience -in 4insert-ing a slat, to replace al broken one.

Almost all of the spring-bed bottoms which are in common use, have theirslats connectedby transverse cords or bands, but, so tal' I am aware,none have been so arranged as to admit of anindividual removement oftheslats.

Having thus described my invention, lVhat I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is-

The combination of the hooks a, secured to the inner surfaces ofthe headand foot-rails A, the'collars d on the slats c, with the hooksfattached. or 'cast with them, and the India-rubber rings or loops b, allconstructed and arranged substantially as and for the Witnesses: VA. H.FATZINGER.

A. R. HAIen'r, Y f G. M. ACKERMAN.

